Retiring Debt Early.

Smith & Company issued $100 million maturity value of six-year bonds, which carried a coupon rate of six percent and paid interest semiannually. At the time of the offering, the yield rate for equivalent risk-rated securities was eight percent. Two years later, market yield rates had risen to ten percent, and since the company no longer needed the debt financing, executives at Smith & Company decided to retire the debt.

Calculate the gain or loss that Smith & Company will incur as a consequence of retiring the debt early. Is

the early retirement of the debt a good decision? What factors should be considered in making this decision?

1. Identify 3 taxa of hominin with standard binomial nomenclature, what specific sites those hominin have been found at, and who named those taxa.

2. Often referred to colloquially as “Lucy”, which species of early hominin was named after a famous song? What was the actual name of that song, which artist performed it, on what album, and in what year?

3. Which species was responsible for the Laetoli footprints?

4. How was the famous site of Zhoukoudian found? What were the fossils of early hominin thought to be before they were identified as hominin and what were they used for?

5. Which species of early hominin was thought to have first used fire?

I am trying to figure out the social security tax for the employees in this problem, becuase I have to post it all in a chart. I have tried multiplying by the 6.2 tax rate but my program says my answer is wrong. So, is there a different way to calculate social security tax or is there something that I am missing that the problem is asking me to do? I am not looking for answers, but just a clear formula or instruction to get to the right answer.

Nashville Publishing Company pays its employees monthly. Payments made by the company on October 31, 2019, follow. Cumulative amounts paid to the persons named prior to October 31 are also given.

1.Paul Parker, president, gross monthly salary of $20,000; gross earnings prior to October 31, $160,000.

2.Carolyn Wells, vice president, gross monthly salary of $15,000; gross earnings paid prior to October 31, $150,000.

3.Michelle Clark, independent accountant who audits the company’s accounts and performs consulting services, $16,500; gross amounts paid prior to October 31, $42,500.

4. James Wu, treasurer, gross monthly salary of $6,000; gross earnings prior to October 31, $60,000.

5. Payment to Editorial Publishing Services for monthly services of Betty Jo Bradley, an editorial expert, $6,000; amount paid to Editorial Publishing Services prior to October 31, 2019, $34,000.

INSTRUCTIONS

Use an earnings ceiling of $122,700 for social security taxes and a tax rate of 6.2 percent and a tax rate of 1.45 percent on all earnings for Medicare taxes. Prepare a schedule showing the following information:

Each employee’s cumulative earnings prior to October 31.

Each employee’s gross earnings for October.

The amounts to be withheld for each payroll tax from each employee’s earnings; the employee’s income tax withholdings are Paul Parker, $5,600; Carolyn Wells, $4,200; James Wu, $1,320.

The net amount due each employee.

The total gross earnings, the total of each payroll tax deduction, and the total net amount payable to employees.

Prepare the general journal entry to record the company’s payroll on October 31. Use journal page 22. Omit explanations.

Prepare the general journal entry to record payments to employees on October 31.

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